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J. A. BAUGHMAN.

TOE WEIGHT. No. 407,768.. Patented July 30, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. BAUGHMAN, OF CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF .TO JAMES L. VVHITFORD, OF SAME PLACE.

TOE-WEIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,768, dated July 30, 1889. Application filed December 31, 1888. Serial No. 295,004. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES A. BAUGHMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Eaton and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toe-Weights, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in toe-weights for attachment to the shoes of to trotting-horses; and it consists in a certain novel construction and combination of parts fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

I 5 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a horseshoe with the improved toeweight applied in the operative position thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse horizontal sectional view of the weight and the spur.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the sections of the weight.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the horseshoe, ofany ordinary shape or kind, which is provided at its front with 2 5 the upwardly and rearwardly inclined spur B, which is dovetailed in cross-section or tapered toward its rear side. This spur is welded to the shoe, but maybe made of the same piece.

0 designates the weight, which comprises 0 the sections or halves D D, formed by dividing the weight centrally, and the said sections or halves are provided in their adjacent rear corners or edges with the angular grooves E E, which, when the sections or halves are put 3 5 together, communicate and form a dovetailed channel which fits the spur.

The sections or halves are provided on their front sides with the forwardly-proj ecting ears F F, which are in contact, and are provided with registering-apertures G G, engaged by the adj usting-bolt H, as clearly shown in Figs.

1 and 2. The rear side of the weight is concavely rounded, as shown in Fig. 2, to fit the hoof of the horse.

The advantage of the improved weight, constructed in sections or halves which are bolted together and bear against opposite sides of the spur is that it may be applied at any time or replaced by a Weight of a different size, adapted to bear against the hoof of the horse.

It will be observed that the spur B is of greater length than the weight, in order that the latter may be more readily adjusted lengthwise on the spur, to throw the weight 5 5 away from or nearer to the shoe or bottom of the hoof. This adjustment is provided to ac commodate various shaped hoofs and of horses having different movements. The

dovetailed foundation of the spur and weight 6o avoids a loose attachment by wear, and rattling of the weight is avoided.

A further advantage of the improved weight is that, being formed in sections, the channel is more easily cut.

Having thus described the invention, I claim- A horseshoe having an integral elongated dovetailed spur on the upper side of the toe thereof, in combination with a toe-weight constructed of two equal sections, the rear of each of which is concaved and has the half of a dovetailed recess to engage the spur, and the front provided with apertured lugs, and a clamping-bolt adapted to pass through the 7s apertured lugs and adjustably secure the weight on the spur close to the hoof, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in So presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. BAUGHMAN.

"Vitnesses:

GEO. W. MEAD, JOHN C. NIoHoLs. 

